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Consequences for a good man being hard to find

The "shidduch crisis" is not only found in the frum community. See the Wall Street Journal article (link). A woman sums it up as "'I've found a lot of Mr. Almosts, but I can't find Mr. Right.'" The article focuses on the college educated population: "Women are feeling the pinch from years of gender imbalances on college campuses, where today nearly 58% of all bachelor's degrees and 62% of associate's degrees are earned by women. Given that women prefer to find a well-educated, reliable earner as a husband, this creates a simple math problem. Well-educated women can't find enough equally or better-educated men to marry."

The key sentence defining the market appears a bit later: "Why settle down when you are a guy and the supply of eligible women appears to be unlimited?" Consequently, women in such situations sometimes give up on finding a husband to be a father to their children and go it alone. I've heard of some women opting likewise in Israel but can imagine that it would not generally be accepted in Orthodox circles.

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> Consequently, women in such situations sometimes give up on finding a husband to be a father to their children and go it alone. I've heard of some women opting likewise in Israel but can imagine that it would not generally be accepted in Orthodox circles.